One to see in Wiscasset: Wiscasset Jail and Museum
Among the places to visit in and near Wiscasset are 16 museums, 3 gardens and 2 lighthouses. We list one place to visit inside Wiscasset and 27 within 40 miles. For a full day, there is Acadia National Park, 51 mi away.
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Places on the map
Most of the 27 out of town lie to the southwest.
Orange: Wiscasset. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place after place
The town has one; within 60 miles, the list finds 37 more.
1Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
3Popham Colony
Short lived English colony in present day Maine, United States.
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9Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Railway museum in Portland, Maine, United States.
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Palace Playland
Seasonal amusement park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, United States.
Frances Perkins National Monument
Historic house in Maine, United States.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Museum at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Museum of African Culture
In Portland, Maine with Sub-Saharan African tribal art.
The places inside Wiscasset lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Wiscasset → · Wiscasset’s history →
Photo credits
Wiscasset Jail and Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Acadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Palace Playland: Andrew Malone, CC BY 2.0 · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Monument Square: Needsmoreritalin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Promenade: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bates College Museum of Art: Xin Deui, CC BY-SA 4.0 · L. C. Bates Museum: W.A. Judge, Public domain · Penobscot Marine Museum: John Smith, Public domain · Viles Arboretum: eddie welker from Laurel, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Children's Museum of Maine: Kitetails, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Farnsworth Homestead: Unknown, Public domain · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Redington Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of African Culture: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0
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